CPeCENTAR ZA

POSLOVNU
EDUKACIJU
Almir Mustafić
CUTTING EDGE
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
GOOD AFTERNOON
MODULE 3
ADVENTURES
AND
MISHAPS
LESSON 6
 VOCABULARY AND
LISTENING, READING
AND SPEAKING, AND
TASK
HOW ADVENTUROUS ARE
YOU, MISHAPS, TELL A
STORY FROM TWO
POINTS OF VIEW
LET’S REVISE
ANALYSIS 1
1. Suffixes
a) Many suffixes (letters added to
the end of a word) are used to
form adjectives.
power + ful = powerful
value + able = valuable
Underline the suffixes of the
adjectives in bold in the text above.
beneficial optimistic
wealthy depressed
powerful anxious
penniless insecure (no)
unhappy (no) valuable
discouraged tired
b) Notice that many adjectives of
feeling have two forms, ending
with -ed and -ing.
depressed depressing
Which describes the thing that
makes you feel like this? Which
describes the way you feel? Think
of at least five more adjectives like
excited exciting
surprised surprising
tired tiring
discouraged discouraging
terrified terrifying
confused confusing
2 Prefixes that mean ‘the opposite of’
We can also add prefixes (letters added
to the beginning of a word) to
adjectives. Many of these mean ‘the
opposite of’ or ‘not’.

unhappy = happy
discourage = courage

Find another prefix like this in thetext

above. Do you know any other prefixes
that mean ‘the opposite of’?
Here are some more ideas from
the same website.
a) efficient, useful
b) exciting, interesting
c) pessimistic, optimistic, disapppointed
d) wonderful, unsolved
e) successful, talented, determined
f) unpopular, dishonest
g) enthusiastic, persistent, impossible
h) positive, catching
 Which adjectives above
describe a person’s character?
 Adjectives describing a person’s
character: effective, efficient,
useful, exciting, interesting,
pessimistic, optimistic,
disappointed, wonderful,
successful, talented, determined,
unpopular, dishonest, enthusiastic,
persistent, positive
ANALYSIS 2
Other prefixes
Prefixes don’t always mean ‘the
opposite of’. They can alter
Meaning in other ways. Add a prefix
from the box to complete the
adjectives below.
 anti- non- over- pre-
post- pro- self- under-
____paid = paid too much
over
_____fed = not given enough food
under
___-stop = without stopping
non
____-war
post = after war
___-arranged = arranged in advance
pre
____confident
self = confident in yourself
___-American = in favour of America
pro
____-government
anti = against the govt.
Questions
a) What makes you laugh?
b) What frightens you?
c) What makes you feel depressed?
d) What helps you to relax?
e) What do you really detest?
f) What makes you stressed?
g) What makes you feel
embarrassed?
h) What makes you happy?
 USEFUL
LANGUAGE
 a) Describing your feelings
One thing/another thing that really
frightens/embarrasses me is when ...
I hate/love it when ...
It really annoys me when ...
I find ... very embarrassing/
relaxing/annoying, etc.
... makes me very happy/relaxed/
depressed, etc.
I just can’t stand/cope with ...
 b) Comparing

Me too./So do I.
What about you?
Does anyone else feel the
same way?
Yes, I find ... very relaxing/
annoying, too.
The word life has been omitted
from the sentences below.
Write it in the correct position.
1. a life of luxury
2. private life
3. life jacket
4. time of her life
5. given a life sentence
6. lifeguard
7. chance of a lifetime
8. making life very 9. social life
10. real life
11. lifelike
12. that’s life
Complete the nouns with
suffixes.
-ee -ence -iety -ion -iour
-ism -ment -ness -ship

a) behav____
iour ness
f) happi____
b) critic____
ism ment
g) move____
c) depress___
ion ee
h) employ____
d) evid____
ence iety
i) soc____
e) friend____
ship
 Prefixes which form the
opposites of the adjectives
a) inexperienced
b) illegal
c) disloyal
d) unpopular
e) impossible
Expressions with life
a) lifelike
b) time
c) chance
d) private
e) lifeguard
TRANSLATE THE
FOLLOWING
SENTENCES
1. Most older people feel a slight
pang of nostalgia as they think
back on their schooldays.
2. Carla‘s father was filled with
horror when he saw that she had
dyed her beautiful black hair blonde.
3. When Paul saw how harshly the
poor were treated by the wealthy
landowners he felt a surge of anger.
1. Swelling with pride, Dan watched

his daughter playing her violin.

2. When she saw her exam results,
Kate burst into tears.
3. She asked the star for his
signature on the back of her table
napkin.
4. She took a degree in the science
1.The novel is largely autobiographical.
2. It‘s a retrospective exhibition of
the painter‘s life and work.
3. Some areas are now deliberately
trying to de-industrialise.
4. The firm makes job applicants do a
test that analyses their handwriting
for what it reveals about their
personality.
SCIENCE
AND
SNACKS
the space shuttle
a space center
a comet
gravity
peanuts
pudding
potato chips
chocolate bar
HOW ADVENTUROUS ARE
YOU?
EXERCISE 1
1. Work through the quiz with a
partner. Keep a note of his/her
answers.
EXERCISE 2
 2. Re-read your partner’s
answers and decide how
adventurous he/she is. Tell the
class what you decided
and why.
VOCABULARY
AND
LISTENING
MISHAPS
EXERCISE 1
1. Match the words in A and B
to make phrases describing
mishaps. Which mishaps are
shown in the pictures?
a) you spill 15. your drink over someone
b) you stumble 1. and fall over
c) you bang your 5. head/knee/elbow
d) you run out of 11. petrol
e) you lock yourself 10. out
f) you get 8. lost
g) you over- 12. sleep
h) you get on the 13. wrong train
i) you’re late 7. for school/work/appointm.
j) you miss 14. your plane
k) you leave something 3. at home
l) you lose 9. your ticket/bag/ID card
m) you slip 2. on some ice
n) you get stuck 6. in bad traffic
o) your car 4. breaks down
EXERCISE 2
 2. Listen to four people
talking about one of the
mishaps in exercise 1. Which
of the following questions can
you answer about each
anecdote?
a) Where was the speaker and
what were the circumstances?
b) Which other people were
involved?
c) What went wrong?
d) How did the speaker fell?
 speaker 1

a) at home in bed, on the morning

of exam
b) people taking the same exam
c) overslept and missed the start of
the exam; still had pyamas on
d) uncomfortable
 speaker 2

a) in Denmark, on holiday; in
Copenhagen; later in Sweden
b) parents
c) got on the wrong train and went
to Sweden
d) scared
 speaker 3

a) in a posh restaurant, on a first

date
b) the date
c) spilled a drink over the date
d) embarrassed
 speaker 4

a) in their flat; had to go to

grandmother’s ninetieth birthday
b) their flatmate and the fire
brigade
c) the flatmate locked them in the
flat
d) calm, then in a state of panic
EXERCISE 3
 3. Has any of these mishaps
ever happened to you? Choose
two or three events to tell
your partner about. Use the
questions in exercise 2 to help
you tell the story.
READING
AND
SPEAKING
EXERCISE 1
 1. Read and complete the
list of crimes/anti-social
behaviour below. Cross out
the things that are not a
problem in your country.
1. dropping litter in the street
2. vandalism and graffiti
3. drinking and driving
4. truancy from school
5. noisy/ani-social neighbours
6. football hooliganism
7. speeding
8. parking where you shouldn’t
9. begging
10. drug abuse
EXERCISE 2A
2A. Look at the picture at the
bottom of page 31. What can
you see? Think of three
possible interpretations of the
situation.
EXERCISE 2B
2B. Skim the text. What was
the correct interpretation?
EXERCISE 3
town hall law-abiding
stumble virulent
crack bicycle theft
trickle frisk
outbreak disarm
3. Read the text again and
answer the questions.
a) Which city was the writer in?
b) What attracted his attention?
c) What had the boy done?
d) How did the police officers
behave?
e) What will happen to the boy?
a) Copenhagen
b) He saw a small crowd by the town
hall.
c) He had fallen and hurt himself
after taking drugs.
d) They were very gentle and
sympathetic.
e) He will probably be in trouble
with his father, but not with the
police.
EXERCISE 4
4. Find the words/phrases in
the text that tell you:
a) the police officers speaking kindly
to the boy.
b) the boy was in a confused state.
c) the boy had fallen and hurt himself.
d) the police officers looked capable
and efficient.
e) there is very little crime in Denmark
f) the author was treated harshly by
the American police.
g) the writer had a positive opinion of
the way the police officers dealt with situat.
a) were talking softly and with sympathy 3
b) turns one’s brain into an express elevator to
Pluto - disorientated 5-7
c) stumbled and cracked his head; a trickle of
blood ran from above his hairline 8-9
d) They looked as if between them they could
handle any emergency 11-13
e) The Danes are almost absurdly law-abiding
16-17
f) made to stand with my arms and legs
spread against a wall and frisked 39-40
g) with the deepest admimration 50
EXERCISE 5
 5. Can you guess what the
words in bold mean? Discuss
with a partner, then check in
your mini-dictionary.
a) very beautiful or attractive
b) small amount of liquid flowing down
a surface
c) vriulent problem is very common
and affects a lot of people
d) suddenly and without being able
to control yourself
e) search someone’s clothes and body
for illegal things such as drugs
f) if the police book someone, the
record shows that person has
committed a crime
EXERCISE 6
 6. Discuss the following
questions in small groups:
a) Do you agree with the approach
of the Danish police officers?
b) Do you believe a lenient or a
tough approach to crime is more
effective?
c) Are there any crimes in your
country that you think are
treated too harshly, or too
leniently?
 TASK
TELL A STORY FROM TWO
POINTS OF VIEW
 The pictures show an
unfortunate incident that
happened to Bill, a young
Englishman, while visiting
a friend in another country.
The words and phrases in the
box all relate to the story.
EXERCISE 1
 1. Check the meaning
of the words in your mini-
dictionary, if necessary.
laughing your head off
a police car drawing up
breaking into a car
a slippery road
a steep hill
thick ice
a police shell
shouting
swaying all over the place
swearing
EXERCISE 2
2. In groups, discuss briefly
what you think happened to
Bill.
EXERCISE 3
 3. You are going to listen
to two different accounts
of what happened. Work in
two groups.
 Group A: Listen to Bill’s
version of what happened.
Group B: Listen to the old
lady’s side of the story. Listen
as many times as necessary in
order to be sure of the details.
 BILL

OLD LADY
TASK
SPEAKING
EXERCISE 1
 USEFUL
LANGUAGE
a) For telling the story

He was just -ing when...

All of a sudden/Suddenly/
At the moment
She saw/heard them -ing
So then he/she/they...
In the end/Eventually...
b) For comparing two stories

According to...
He/she claimed/insisted that...
He/She said..., whereas he/she said...
He/She was absolutely certain that...
He/She mentioned/didn’t mention the
fact that...
He/She didn’t mention anything
about...
 1. Work with the students
from the same group. Check
that you understand the
recording. Then practise
re-telling the story.
EXERCISE 2
2. Work in pairs, one person
from Group A and one from
Group B. Each re-tell the
story you heard. Find
differences between the two
stories and any information
that one person mentioned,
but the other didn’t.
EXERCISE 3
3. With the rest of the class,
make a list of the differences
you found.
BILL: midnight, snowing
heavily, he and Frank weren’t drunk,
they were laughing and calling for help,
holding onto the cars

THE OLD LADY: on o’clock in the

morning, clear night, they were drunk,
they were shouting, swearing and
behaving aggressively, trying to break
into the cars
PERSON I: ice everywhere, police
shouted at them, they tried to talk to
the police

PERSON II: full moon, she called the

police, events happened in a nice
neighbourhood
EXERCISE 4
4. Whose side of the story do
you believe? Were the police
right to arrest Bill and his
friend? What do you think
happened next?
EXTRA ACTIVITY
TRANSLATE THE
FOLLOWING
SENTENCES
1. The company will be committing

economic hara-kiri if it agrees to

such a proposal.
2. Most children these days are
inoculated against mumps when
they are babies.
3. The United Nations should step in

to stop the civil war.

1. We sat in the shade of a big oak
tree.
2. The evening sun casta long
shadows.
3. The cake mixture should be moist

but not sticky.

4. The climate in the north is damp
and rather cold.
1. The cheetah is so fast it can
outrun a sports car.
2. The radio is not working. The
batteries have run out.
3. My stomach was bad so I
couldn‘t go to work.
4. He is very cheerful and positive
about life.
5. There is violence in our capital.
SNACKS
pie
doughnut
cake
popsicle
ice cream cone
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION